Congratulations, Jared Leto!

I am so happy to hear that Jared Leto won the award for Best Supporting Actor at last night's Golden Globe Awards.  He did such an amazing job playing the transgender role of "Rayon" in the also award-winning movie, Dallas Buyers Club. He beat out other really good performances by Daniel Bruhl in "Rush," Bradley Cooper in "American Hustle," Michael Fassbender in "12 Years A Slave" and Barkhad Abdi in "Captain Phillips."  But after seeing Jared Leto's performance, he truly deserves this honor. 

Congratulations, Jared Leto!!!  And congratulations to Matthew McConaughey winning the Best Actor Award for the same movie.  Amazing performances!!! 

Jared Leto As A Woman

Can you believe the one in the ziggidy striped red and black top is Jared Leto?  Yes, the front man of rock group 30 Seconds to Mars, actor in such critically acclaimed movies Requiem For a Dream, and director short films using the pseudonym Bartholomew Cubbins?

Dream Guy of the Week #4

After watching Requiem for a Dream the other night, you might wonder why I would call Jared Leto a dream guy...after all, he played very realistic heroin junkie in the movie, not some dreamy hunk of guy.  But you've got to admit - he is a really good actor!   

The past few years, however, we haven't seen much of Jared Leto when it comes to movies (other than in feature-length music videos that he starred in and directed for his band 30 Seconds To Mars).  He's been busy writing and performing music at sold-out shows all over the world.  With his brother, Shannon on drums, and Tomislav "Tomo" Miličević on lead guitar, Jared Leto seems to never run out of energy on stage.

Hurricane Video Screenshots

Where did you go? where did you go? where did you go? 

Heart beat, a heart beat, I need a... heart beat, a heart beat... 

No matter how many times that you told me you wanted to leave...

 

No matter how many nights that you lied wide awake to the sound of the poison rain... 

The secrets that we sold were never known
The love we had, the love we had  we had to let it go...
 

Where is your God? Where is your God? Where is your God? ... 

Ok, I'm running from the light, running from the day to night...

 

Crash, crash, burn let it all burn
This hurricane chasing us all underground... 

Can Jared Leto Get Any Hotter?

Thirty Seconds To Mars is gonna blow you away when the full-length version of the HURRICANE video comes out. A sneak peek has been released today and Jared Leto wasn't kidding when he said it was gonna be "very, very, very, very sexual". In this preview you can already tell Jared's got his critical praise-worthy film acting and directing skills in high gear. See for yourself here...

HURRICANE

Did you hear what Jared Leto recently said about the next 30 Seconds To Mars music video?  He said it's gonna be "very, very, very, very sexual."  The video is going to be for the song "Hurricane" which is on their latest album "This Is War".

For those of you who are just now getting to know 30 Seconds To Mars, it may come as a surprise to you that Kanye West (yes, that Kanye who could not apologize enough for what he did to Taylor Swift) collaborated with the band on this song.  And mind you, it's not rap or r & b or soul...the song is a really creative and dramatic piece of musical art!  Just check out the lyrics and try to visualize the meaning of the song:

HURRICANE

No matter how many times that you told me you wanted to leave
No matter how many breaths that you took you still couldn't breathe
No matter how many nights that you lied wide awake to the sound of the poison rain


Where did you go? where did you go? where did you go?


Heart beat, a heart beat, I need a... heart beat, a heart beat...


Tell me would you kill to save for a life?
Tell me would you kill to prove you're right?
Crash, crash, burn let it all burn
This hurricane is chasing us all underground.


No matter how many deaths that I die, I will never forget
No matter how many lives I live, I will never regret
There's a fire inside this heart and a riot about to explode into flames
Where is your God? Where is your God? Where is your God? ...


Do you really want?
Do you really want me?
Do you really want me dead?
Or alive to torture for my sins?


Do you really want?
[heart beat, a heart beat]
Do you really want me?
[I need a.. heart beat, a heart beat]
Do you really want me dead?
[you know I gotta leave, I can't stay,
I know I gotta go, I can't stay]
Or alive to live a lie?


Tell me would you kill to save a life?
Tell me would you kill to prove you're right?
Crash, crash, burn let it all burn
This hurricane's chasing us all underground


The promises we made were not enough
The prayers that we prayed were like a drug
The secrets that we sold were never known
The love we had, the love we had
We had to let it go...


Tell me would you kill to save a life?
Tell me would you kill to prove you're right?
Crash, crash, burn let it all burn
This hurricane's chasing us all underground


You say you wrong, you wrong, I'm right, I'm right, you're wrong, we fight
Ok, I'm running from the light, running from the day to night
Oh, the quiet silence defines our misery
The riot inside keeps trying to visit me
No matter how we try, it's too much history
Too many bad notes playing in our symphony
So let it breathe, let it fly, let it go
Let it fall, let it crash, burn slow
And then you call upon God
Oh you call upon God


Tell me would you kill to save a life?
Tell me would you kill to prove you're right?
Crash, crash, burn let it all burn
This hurricane chasing us all underground


This hurricane...(x5)


Do you really want?
Do you really want me?
Do you really want me dead?
Or alive to torture for my sins?


Do you really want?
Do you really want me?
Do you really want me dead?
Or alive to live a lie


Running away from the night, running away from the light
Running away to save your life

30 Seconds To Mars Concert Review

Last night the Norva concert hall was filled with Jared Leto worshippers. His band, 30 Seconds to Mars, took hold of the stage at this sold out show and it seemed like Earth disappeared.  This was the second concert for the band at the popular NorVa in Norfolk, Virginia.

If short people like me weren't wearing at least 5 inch heels (I wore 5 inch high wedge sandals), you could barely see over everyone who were already standing shoulder to shoulder. When Jared Leto told everyone to jump up and down during several moments of the show, the ground was thumping and the sweat of the mass was pumping. You had to keep moving along with everyone or risk your toes getting stomped on by the excited and energetic"Mars army" in front of you.

The band played all their major hits (and more) between all the screams and adorations of the fans.  Jared Leto kept the fans in high spirits with non-stop interaction and calls for audience participation in the form of jumping, hand waving, marching forward and marching backward, and singing.  In the middle of the show, he disappeared from the stage and reappeared in the balcony area where he drew the crowds' attention to some of the fans there, including one young fellow named Ryan who was probably having the time of his life though wishing he could get out of his wheelchair and jump like the rest of the fans in the arena were doing.

Leto, who gave constant praise and appreciation to the concert-goers throughout the night, even dedicated a song to Ryan later.  What a touching moment that was!

For the final moments of the concert, Jared Leto picked a handful of 30 Seconds to Mars "worshippers" from the audience and took them up on stage to sing along and lead the rest of the concert hall during the final song of the night.  I'm sure there were jealous people left below but with the undying enthusiasm demonstrated by the crowds, you could never tell... 

This was an awesome concert!  If you had never been to a 30 Seconds to Mars concert, you'll be in for an amazing ride when you go...